Micah Parsons’ brother Terrence Parsons Jr. drew plenty of backlash on X after weighing in on the situation surrounding Packers running back Josh Jacobs.
The discussion came after reports surfaced that the district attorney’s office prosecuting Jacobs has video of the alleged battery involving his ex-girlfriend. That development prompted plenty of fans, including some Packers supporters, to argue that if video exists of Jacobs assaulting a woman, he should be removed from the team.
Terrence Parsons Jr. took a different stance. In response to a user suggesting Jacobs could be cut, he wrote that people “gotta relax” and argued that “anger gets the best out of anyone” and that Jacobs should get another chance if the case is a misdemeanor.
“A shove? Y’all gotta relax… anger gets the best out of anyone… everyone deserves a second chance… misdemeanors at that,” Parsons wrote.
The reaction online was immediate and harsh. Users pushed back with comments like, “Idk man shoving your girlfriend to the ground is kinda a huge lapse in emotion control,” and “Second chances and consequences are not mutually exclusive.”
Another user wrote, “You telling on yourself right now. Any man that would shove a woman is a coward,” while another added, “I can proudly say I’ve never shoved a woman, or shoved a woman so hard she fell and hit her head.
He’s a grown ass man, act like it.” One more response said, “You shouldnt slam your girlfriend into a garage door.”
Parsons kept defending his position in the replies, often by insulting critics or repeating that anger can take over. In one response, he wrote, “Angry is a powerful emotion and the ones we love know how to hit those buttons alotta people have trouble controlling they emotions we all know this and it be the same people talking shit,”
He also brought up the Ray Rice elevator punch while making his point. “I’ll never be afraid to stand on what I believe in… yall act like he sucker punched that girl this ain’t a ray rice situation never said he was right but it ain’t right calling for that man’s career,” Parsons said.
The exchange did not land well, and the criticism kept coming.
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